Media issues are complex and often controversial, the educator’s role is to facilitate the process of inquiry and dialogue. This role of the teacher as a facilitator in a student-centred learning process is not only the model for media education, it has also become an accepted new pedagogical strategy.

OBJECTIVES

The course on Media Education has the aim to provide teachers and educators with the skills to use new media for the development of students' literacy skills (reading and writing) as well as students’ awareness in the use of new media.

The course also aims to make teachers and educators able to exploit the attractive potential that new media have on young generations in order to raise their attention and motivate them to rediscover the importance of education and to approach the flow and diffusion of information that new media spread, with the necessary critical skills.

TARGET GROUPS

The course is addressed to teachers of all subjects.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The learning outcomes for the teachers who will attend the course are the following.

- Didactic approaches for media teaching

- Methodological issues in media education

- Critical thinking through the exploitation of new media

- Evaluation and assessment of media skills

- Strategies of interpretation of today’s reality

- Sociology of digital media

- Visual literacy skills

- Design of Media based educational contents

- Media production skills

PROGRAMME

The course Media Education is organized in 5 modules:

Module 1) Media Education in the Knowledge Society

- A new role for teachers

- Supporting the students’ personal development

- The meaning of narration

- Strategies of interpretation of today’s reality

Module 2) Media Education and Didactics

- Educational strategies for media teaching

- Methods in media education

- Enhancing the students’ critical thinking skills through the exploitation of new media

- Teaching reading skills through the exploitation of new media

- Evaluation and assessment of media skills

Module 3) Sociology of digital media

Sociology of communication and sociology of media

Innovative digital communication

Expressing the students’ creativity through the social networks

Module 4) Visual Literacy

- Criteria to analyze and decode media products

- Visual grammar of photos, images and video

- Analysis of visual communication on different media sources

Module 5) Design of Media based Educational Contents

- Script, screenplay and storyboard

- Mini photo lab

- Video production and video editing, tools and techniques

- Editorial activities

- Media Production laboratory

METHODOLOGY

The course methodology is based on:

- Alternation and integration of theory and practices

- Group work activities

- Co-operative learning

- Non-formal learning methodologies

- Experiential learning methods.

ORGANIZATION

The course programme is organized in 6 days, Monday to Saturday, 5 hours a day. Participants should arrive in Florence on Sunday and depart the following Sunday.

The classroom-based programme is integrated with cultural activities such as a guided walking tour of Florence city and social dinner. Detailed information will be provided about optional opportunities for cultural visits in Tuscany.

CERTIFICATIONS

Two certificates will be issued at the end of course.

- A Participation Certificate providing detailed information about the programme carried out as well as the assessment of results achieved during the course.

- A Europass Mobility Certificate issued by the National Agencies for the Erasmus+ Programme certifying the skills and competencies acquired.

LANGUAGE

The language used in the course is English.

LOCATION

The course is held at Pixel site, in Florence (Italy).

ACCOMMODATION

Optional accommodation and subsistence packages are available on request.

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